Men's Cross Country

Pilz and Waller Earn NE-10 Weekly Awards

Pilz named NE-10 Athlete of
the Week for first time in career
Waller collects first NE-10 Rookie of the Week award

EASTON, Mass. (October 5,
2010) – Two members of the Stonehill College men's
cross country team earned weekly honors from the Northeast-10
Conference this afternoon. Senior captain Daniel
Pilz (Newington, Conn./Newington) earned Athlete of
the Week honors for the first time in his career, while freshman
Scott
Waller (Andover, Mass./Andover) collected his first
Rookie of the Week award.

Pilz led Stonehill to a
28th-place finish (out of 42 programs) in the "Gold
Race" of Friday's Lehigh-Brooks-Paul Short Run as he placed
71st out of 387 runners overall. The "Gold Race"
consisted of top Division I and II teams from across the country
and Pilz completed the eight-kilometer course in 25:03. He finished
fifth among Division II runners at the event.

Pilz has competed in two of the
three meets Stonehill has participated in this fall. He led the
Skyhawks to the team title at last month's Quinnipiac Invitational
when he placed third out of 34 runners with a time of 27:03 in the
eight-kilometer run.

Scott Waller

Pilz is a two-time second-team
All-Northeast-10 performer, collecting the honors as a junior with
a tenth place finish in helping lead Stonehill to its fourth NE-10
Championship last fall – the second in his career at the
College. He also earned that status his sophomore year with his
13th place showing at the NE-10 Championships.

Waller placed 215th out
of the 387 runners in the "Gold Race" at Friday's Paul Short Run at
Lehigh University. He completed the 8K course in 26:02 to finish
14th among Division II runners at the meet and
33rd overall among freshmen.

Waller has competed in all three
events for Stonehill in his first collegiate season. He helped the
Skyhawks to team titles at both the Trinity Bantams Invitational
and Quinnipiac Invitational last month. Waller placed eighth (out
of 82 runners) at Trinity with a time of 16:30 over five kilometers
and was 17th (out of 34) at Quinnipiac with a time of
28:02 over 8K.

Stonehill, ranked 19th
in the most U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches
Association (USTFCCCA) Division II national poll and first in the
USTFCCCA East Regional rankings, is back in action on Saturday when
it opens its championship season at the New England Championships
at Franklin Park in Dorchester at 1:30 p.m.